ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jim Crews did his best to downplay No. 19 Saint Louis' 10th straight victory in its first game as a Top 25 team this season.

"I hate to be bland and boring, but we don't talk about it," the Billikens' interim coach said after a dominant second half by the Atlantic 10 leaders in a 70-53 victory over Saint Joseph's on Wednesday night. "It's so irrelevant to us right now. When you're in this kind of tunnel, we don't deal with it too much — or at all."

Remembering a so-so first half that leading scorer Dwayne Evans referred to as "neutral" kept players from rejoicing too much about outscoring Saint Joseph's by 15 points the rest of the way and holding the Hawks to season-worst 32.6 percent shooting.

Ronald Roberts had a season-best 25 points with three dunks for Saint Joseph's (15-11, 6-7), which has lost four of six.

Carl Jones, the Hawks' leading scorer with a 14.7-point average, missed his first seven shots, including two airballs, and finally got on the board midway through the second half. He finished with three points.

"We were keeping up with them. We were only down by two points," Roberts said. "Then in the second half, they locked us down defensively."

Langston Galloway, Saint Joseph's second-leading scorer with a 13.8-point average, added 11 points on 2-of-11 shooting. The Hawks were just 3 for 17 from 3-point range and have lost seven straight in the series by an average of 10 points.

"Our two highest scorers had 20 shots and were 3 for 20," Martelli said. "I'm not knocking them, but you've got to play better."

Saint Louis outscored Saint Joseph's 21-5 over the first 9½ minutes of the second half to go up 50-32. The Billikens locked down on defense, holding the Hawks to a 2-for-10 start.

"We're on a real good streak right now," reserve forward Cory Remeken said. "Hopefully, we can keep it going."

Evans leads Saint Louis with averages of 12 points and 6.8 rebounds, and he's averaging 16.7 points during the first nine games of the streak. McCall is averaging 14 points over the last three games.

Saint Louis hit its first three 3-pointers and led by 10 after four straight points by Evans made it 27-17 with 4:03 to go, but the Billikens finished the half 1 for 6.

Saint Joseph's shot just 33 percent in the half but was 11 for 13 at the free throw line and outscored Saint Louis 5-0 in the final minute to narrow the gap to two points. Roberts had 12 points with a pair of dunks in the first half, topping his average by a point four days after he was held to eight points in 16 minutes against George Washington.

The Billikens' depth was tested in the first half with Kwamain Mitchell, Jordair Jett and Cody Ellis each getting called for two fouls. Jett finished with seven points and four fouls in just 12 minutes but Remeken, who had been scoreless the previous three games, picked up the slack with seven points in the first half.

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Oregon Ducks (Matthew Knight Arena): Like most things Oregon, Nike had a hand in the creation of this court, which debuted in 2010 with designing legend Tinker Hatfield in charge of the court's new look. The court's innovative tree design is a tribute to the 1939 "Tall Firs," the first and only Oregon squad to win the national title, in the first year that the NCAA tournament was played.
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Cal State University Bakersfield Roadrunners (Rabobank Arena Arena): In need of a new court, school officials wanted to do something that would set it apart to attract recruits. It's safe to say CSU Bakersfield came up with a unique design. Conceived by athletics director Jeff Konya, the nation's first blue court has been positively received by fans and foes alike since it was installed before the 2011-12 season.
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Long Beach State 49ers (The Walter Pyramid): The university's campus is a mere 3 miles from the beach, so, naturally, the school switched to a distinctive gold palm tree-theme for its court in 2012 after a 10-month process that involved administrators, spearheaded by athletic director Vic Cegles, and the basketball and volleyball coaches. The court is labeled, "The Beach" and the team's jerseys mirror the bold court presentation.
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Drexel University Dragons (Daskalakis Athletic Center): Drexel was trying to differentiate from the rest of college basketball and in the process created one of the most unique courts. While the dragon and scripted letter "D" are first to catch the eye, the use of different shades of wood creates an innovative figure-ground effect. The idea was driven by athletics director and psychology professor Eric Zillmer. It debuted and was dedicated to former coach Sam Cozen in 2009-10.
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UC Irvine Anteaters (Bren Events Center): Looks can be deceiving. The school houses a pretty standard floor, unless you're watching the team play from your couch. Television cameras, seen at the top, were moved to the other side of the gym after the court was last painted to accommodate requests to be across from the team benches. The result? The UC Irvine logo shows up upside down on your screen.
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Florida State Seminoles (Donald L. Tucker Center): The school's court is pretty hard to miss, and that's exactly the point. The massive Seminole logo was the brainchild of coach Leonard Hamilton. The ginormous logo takes up nearly the entire space from three-point line to three-point line. When watching on TV, it's impossible to miss.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Purcell Pavilion): The school found a neat way to incorporate one of its symbols with a huge shamrock surrounding the logo at center court during the 2009 renovations. The design was a collaborative effort that saw input from Missy Conboy, Julie Boynton, Mike Danch, women's basketball coach Muffet McGraw and athletics director Jack Swarbrick. Swarbrick liked the idea enough that he asked the athletics department to find ways to incorporate the shamrock into its other playing surfaces.
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Ohio State Buckeyes (Value City Arena): This court logo debuted this season, with the design obviously based on Ohio State tradition. The outline of Ohio is similar to that of the court at St. John Arena, where basketball was played until 1998. According to OSU athletics, men's basketball coach Thad Matta was adamant about including the state of Ohio on the court.
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Michigan Wolverines (Crisler Center): The school put a new spin on its classic logo by taking a simple approach: increasing the size. Crafted by Rob Rademacher, Damon Grosz, Hunter Lochmann and athletics director Dave Brandon, the vision was to make a bigger statement than the previous court design.
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UC-Santa Barbara (Campus Events Center): The official name of the building might be generic, but UC-Santa Barbara's court is better known as "The Thunderdome" and for good reason. The Thunderdome moniker was first used during the 1986-87 season and stuck. The name was derived from the 1985 Mel Gibson movie, "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"
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Texas A&M Aggies (Reed Arena): The Aggies unveiled their new floor for the 2012-2013 season, their first in the SEC. The idea, formulated by Jon Carpenter, Erich Birch and Peter Warden, with additional input by the athletic director, head coaches and executive staff, connects A&M with the state of Texas, as they are the only school from there in the conference.
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Northwestern unveiled their purple court, which is stained, not painted, for the 2011-2012 season. Designed by Julie Dunn, Northwestern's court was one of four designs that were posted to Facebook and the final design was chosen between a combination of the fan reaction and the athletic department staff. This design narrowly edged out an all purple court.
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The massive Jayhawk at the University of Kansas' Allen Fieldhouse took flight in 2003 with the arrival of then athletic director Lew Perkins and head coach Bill Self. Self and Perkins got the final say on the massive 26.5 foot tall, 31 foot wide bird.
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